A very good movie

I already saw this movie but since it was a while back and since I have it on DVD, I was really eager to check it out again. First of all, Back in the 90’s, Paul Giamatti was one of those guys you would spot very often in a movie, always playing a supporting character, usually delivering a good performance but you never knew his name and the guy was simply completely overlooked. However, it all changed with this brilliant movie. Indeed, for once, Giamatti had the lead and he completely rocked (a year later, he would finally seal the deal with another brilliant lead performance in ‘Sideways’). Anyway, coming back to our main feature, to be honest, I have actually never read the comic book but I still really enjoyed this movie anyway. Even though the acting and the directing were both pretty good too, in my opinion, the main quality was above all the fact that Harvey Pekar was a really interesting figure. I mean, he is not really a good guy, not really a bad guy either, just a rather average fellow who happens to be pissed off against the whole world, at least most of it. I don’t know, some people just don’t like this kind of cynical over-negative attitude but I really dig it and, in this case, it created a really hilarious viewing. When I was living in France, I used to live next to the public library and I would get about 5 comic-books from there on almost a daily basis. So, I read a whole bunch of those comic-books but I never read ‘American Splendor’ and I would really love to read one of those at some point. Anyway, to conclude, I really loved this movie and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.


8/10